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16 weeks pregnant with pains?

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Im sixteen weeks and 4 days pregnant. I have felt flutters, very rare, infact only about once this week and a few during week 14. This is my first pregnancy. (altho I have had a first trimester miscarriage before) Anyway I have had like back ache and some pains in my lower tummy/groin area since 3 nights ago. I cant decide if they are mestrual like pains or not but it is concerning me slighty. I did have backache earlier on in pregnancy and cramps but they went for a few weeks and now seem to have come back! Its not as if im dying with pain but its just enough to bother me. I have had no bleeding (thank god) so far and am still being sick! Midwife told me some people are unlucky enough to suffer with sickness throughout the whole pregnancy- i think i am one of those. Anyway just wanted to know what you think about these pains, should i be worried? Try not to scare me! And sorry for the long winded msg!

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You are probably having round ligament pain due to the muscles in your abs stretching and thickening, it prepares your tummy to hold the baby. I have had them on and off since about three months or so too. It's totally normal. As for the back ache, if your midwife isn't concerned you shouldn't be either. With the swelling of your belly it makes you more likely to sleep in different positions at night and some are more prone to hurt your back if it's a new position. No worries and have a happy pregnancy!

Hi girls, this is my second pregnancy, and remember some cramping with my first. I get it still on and off and I'm always told (Thank God) that it's all the stretching going on in my tummy. I would have to agree with the girl who said that we're all just so excited to be mommies that we're worried. Not to mention a mother's job is to WORRY! lol. Good luck to all and God Bless.

I'm so happy to know i'm not the only one experiencing the same aches and pains they really had me worried to. I'm also 16weeks pregnant and was beginning to worry. I'm so glad i can come on here and get a peace of mind. Today i actually felt my skin stretching today and was really freaked out by that feeling but i know my belly was growing.

pains can mean many things. I am almost 17 weeks and I have had pains all the way from the beginning. Those pains can be movement and even sometime hunger pains. there are no reason to be worried. They may fade with time. just take pain reliever and a nice bath

Im also 16 weeks pregnant with my 3rd baby. I do feel baby move and i also been feeling cramping pains. yesterday I bled a little but went away. is it normal to feel cramping pains? Im a little freak out since i dont remember much from my last pregnancy

16 wks too. Felt sharp stabbing pains today. First time happened while getting a gender determination ultrasound and was asked to cough to help the baby move and with the cough came this super painful ache. Later had a sneeze, same pain. just coughed and felt it again. Baby looked ok and saw heart beat to i'm trying to stay calm and notthink it's serious. It helps to see so many of us experiencing these pains at 16 weeks, I suspect it's normal, at least i hope so...

I am 16 weeks 5 days as well, no bleeding, just menstrual type cramps. I also have rectal pressure although I'm not constipated. What gives? This is my first pregnancy, but I always thought round ligament pain was more on the sides of your abdomen not lower near your ovaries.

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